The Kellogg strikers boldly rejected the concessions
Their union leadership put up for a vote
To see if the workers would dare to hold out longer
Enduring the hardship of going without pay
Now facing a terrible threat by the company
Saying it will hire permanent replacements
To take their jobs away from them
To leave the strikers unemployed and defeated
Most people have not walked a picket line
Facing off against the cops the company called
Prevented from blocking the scabs driving past you
Arrested or run down if you do try to stop them
Most people these days don't know what it's like
Being in a union working under a collective contract
Not since Reagan broke the air traffic controllers strike in 1981
Putting the strikers out of work with replacement scabs
But everyone can understand what's at stake
And appreciate what the strikers are up against
Bound by laws that give every advantage to the capitalists
Designed to crush the working class struggle
Solidarity says we are in this together
To support the strikers as our brothers and sisters
When the entire ruling class is on the side of the company
The strikers really need us on their side
